Controlling modulation instability using an incoherent low amplitude seed
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| Titre | Controlling modulation instability using an incoherent low amplitude seed |
| Type de publication | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2014 |
| Auteurs | Godin T, Nguyen DMinh, Toenger S, Combes Y, Wetzel B, Sylvestre T, Genty G, Dias F, Dudley JM |
| Editor | Eggleton BJ, Gaeta AL, Broderick NGR, Sergienko AV, Rauschenbeutel A, Durt T |
| Conference Name | NONLINEAR OPTICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS VIII; AND QUANTUM OPTICS III |
| Publisher | SPIE; Brussels Photon Team; Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek |
| Conference Location | 1000 20TH ST, PO BOX 10, BELLINGHAM, WA 98227-0010 USA |
| ISBN Number | 978-1-62841-084-6 |
| Mots-clés | Coherence, four-wave mixing, modulation instability, Nonlinear fiber optics, seeding, supercontinuum generation, ultrafast optics |
| Résumé | We use a continuous-wave low power incoherent seed to control spontaneous modulation instability (MI) in a highly-nonlinear optical fiber. We show both experimentally and numerically that spectral and noise properties of MI can be accurately controlled provided the spectral characteristics of the seed are chosen carefully. Specifically, we evidence the strong influence of the seed coherence on the output pulses signal-to-noise ratio and bandwidth. Stochastic nonlinear Schrodinger equation simulations are in excellent agreement with experiments. |
| DOI | 10.1117/12.2049722 |